Holder and automatic lock for milk-bottles.



R. G. COYNER. HOLDER AND AUTOMATIC LOCK FOR MILK BGTTLBS.

APPLIOTION FILED 00T.17, 1913.

Patented Aug. 11, 1.9i

UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.'

ROBERT GRAHAM COYNER, or cHrcAGo, ILLINOIS, assrcfnon To POSITIVE SUPPLY COMPANY, or DAVENPQRT, IOWA.

Motors Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 11, 1914.

Application mea october 17, ina. serial No. 795,777.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT GRAHAM COY- resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inA a Holder and Automatic Lock for Milk-Bottles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a holder' and autoceptacles of that type adapt-ed to be placed on the exterior' of buildings and so arranged that milk in ordinary glass containers l'may bc readily placed in the holder by the milleman or tradesman andas readily removed therefrom by the householder or customer.

The primary objects of my invention are to provide a. holder and. automatic loclr for milk bottles so constructed that the insertion of the bottle into the holder automatically locks it and the opening of the door against which one end of` the holder is placed releases the lock so that the bottle may be readily removed therefrom, facilitating the convenient relivery of milk in containers and minimi/ing the liability of it being stolen.

Another object of' my invention is to proride a holder and automatic lock for milk bottles so constructed that the bottle is` locked therein by the milkmau or tradesman without any key manipulation and as easily removed therefrom by the householder or,r customer without any unlocking inconvenie es. y

Still a.` ther object of the present invention is to provide a holder and automatic lock for milk bottles of simple construction so that it can be manufactured in a strong, substantial and durable manner at a very reasonable cost.

With these and other objects, which may as easily be accomplished, in view my in-v vention consists in certain novel features ofj construction as hereinafter shown and de scribed and specically pointed out in thel claims.

The accompanying drawings forming av n v ,1 a F I n part of this specification, 1n which slmilar figures ,and letters of referencev represent, like parts throughout the drawing, illusftrate's the preferred'embodiment of my inl ,vent1on, and in which- NER, a citizen of the United States, and a f Figure 1 is a perspective elevation of my invention attached to a door jamb, showing a fragmental portion of a bottle locked therein. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view, showing the bottle being inserted into the holder. Fig. 3 is a similar View, showing the bottle locked in the holder. Fig. et is a similar view, showing the bottle being withdrawn from theI holder. Fig. 5. is an end view, showing the locking hinge which comes in Contact with the door.` Fig. 6 is a bottom matic lock for millrbottles, comprehending certain new and useful improvements in replan view "on a reduced scale.

My improved holder and automatic lock is preferably constructed of metal or other suitablematerial in rectangular form and comprises a top portion or plate 10 and side plates 11 and 12 atright angles thereto. These side portions are provided with inturned lianges 13 and 14 adapted to form a run-way and support for the milk bottle as these flanges enga e the flange on the neck of the bottle, as illustrated. An end piece or closing portion 15 is riveted into the device, partially'closing its exterior end. At the opposite end of the holder is provided a lock leaf 16, one end of which is hinged or pivoted to the top portion 10 and the opposite end is depended, as illustrated, and provided with an aperture 17, the utility`of which will be hereinafter more fully referred to. Pivoted within the rectangular body portion formed by means of the top 10 and sides 11 and 12 is a leaf lockv plate 18, provided with a downturned ilangeor claw 19, hereinafter more especially referred to. The leaf or lock plate 18 is pivoted by means of the axial rod20 which is secured into th'e side portions 11 and 12 passing through lugs 21 on the plate 18; and the leaf is actuated upon its axis by means of the spring 22. Attached to the inner end of leaf or lock plate, or forming an integral part thereof, are lugs 23 and 24, having apertures through which operates the locking pin 25, which is actuated by a coil spring 26, which encircles the pin 25 between the lugs 23 and 24 and operates with one end\against the lug 24 and the opposite end against a nipple or shank on the pin 25, or the locking pin may be actuated by any other suitable means. .This locking pin or plunger 25 has a pin 27 placed through the inner end thereof and extendin down through an elongated slot 28 provided in the leaf or lock plate 18l and as illustrated in nig. of the drarwinff. This pin, the heal4 of which is beveled as shown in 2 and 3 of the drawing, 'forms a release lever :for the look, the functions oi' which will he hereinafter fully described. The loelr pin or plunger isad'iipted toi insert itself, by means oi' the actuating spring 2li, into the aperture li' of the lock leaf 1C, as illustrated in vFig 3 of;4 the drawing; and this operation will be hereinafter more fully referred to.

lt is now obvious that in the use of my improved holder and automatic lock for milk bottlesadapted to be used primarily for holding and looking` milkbottles when constructed according tothe foregoing, which .is at. present the preferred embodiment thereof, it will be secured to the door-jamb fr of, the baelr door or other door most con- Veniently approached by the millnnan or tradesman. lt is attaehed by any suitable fastening elements and is so arranged that the inner end comes in contaet and rests against the door ld when it is closed, fragments of the doorand janib showing the operation of the helder being illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawing. The fasteningel.e ments illustrated consist of screws indicated by@ in i2, 8 and i of the drawing. The holder having heen attached above stated and the door closed leaves the looking portion thereot in the position illustrated in Fig. f2 of the drawing. The millnnan or tradesrnan may then readily insert the bottle neck into the device shown in Fig. 2, which action orces the loelr plate 18 into the position which it occupies in Fig 3 of the drawing, when the spring 26 forces the lock pin or plunger 25 into the aperture 17 in the leek leaf i6, as illustrated, and the bottleis thus automatically looked Within the holder, manifestly comprehensible hy consulting Fig. 3, and eannotbe removed therefrom until the door B is opened inwardly, when the bottle may be readily Withdrawn from the holder, as indicated by Fig. l of the drar'- ing, leaving; the looking;l device in the position `which it occupied before the bottle was inserted into the holder, indieated in Fig. 2 of the drawing, and the holder ready to re ceive and automatically lock therein another bottle after the door B has been closed against the holder and lock leat' 16. ln case the holdervshould, from any rause or by the act of unauthorized persons, become locked Without the placement therein of the bottle, then the milkman or tradesnian releases the look .by withdrawing the lool( pin or plunger Q5 through the instrumentality of the pin 27 depended downwardly through the elongated slot 28 in the leaf or look plate 18; but it will be readily comprehended by consulting` the drawing that this operation of releasing the loelr pin cannot be perpetrated when the bottle is locked within the holder as the pin 27 cannot be reached. The downmenofis 'wardly extended lievelerl head ot' the release pin 27 is of utility `in that the pin, does not when so consiriuted retard the ready insertion of `the bottle into the device, manifestly eonunyehensible trom Figs. 2, r and fl of the drawing. y

l`he 'foregoing when taken together and construed in onnertion with the drawing;1 termino a parl ot' this appliralion mauitestly discloses the ellertual olnration, as above stated, andy that a mill; bottle or other similar container will be automatically locked within the holder without any further manipulation than the insertion of the neck of an ordinary glass milk container into the holder, as above described, thus obviating the use ot keys and other complicated deriees requiring mueh time ot' the millcman or tradesinan, which contrivanees are in gem eral unsatisfactory. l do not desire to he umlerstoorh however, as limiting,- the eonstruction of my iinproied holder and automatic lorli for milk bottles to the one illustrated and de.-,=eribed', but desire to eurer by Letters Patent the `inmoral features and reserve the rigijht to vary the construction and ar angement ot the essential parts within the limits of mechanical skill and the prineiple. involved and to make the holder .of such metal or material and in suoli adaptable shapes and terms as practico will malte manifest are most desirable and eilleaeious for the uses and purposes for whieh it is designed.

lf am aware that so-called reeeptaeles and holders tor milk bottles have been heretofore invented and patented and adapted to rereire containers of like character, hut as far as l ain informed such devieesrequire the ,utilization ot keys and complicated oper ations consumingl mueh time and oeeasioning mueh inconvenience to lle niillnnan or tradesnlan; and, l'. :im not aware that tho novel and essential elements embodied in my present invention, in its preferred construction, have ever been disclosed.

What l claim, therefore, is: l l. A holder and automatic, loch for milk bottles comprising a top lplate, downuuirdly appended side portions on said plate, in rardly extending llanges Jfrom said side porlions 'formino` a runway ior the. nei-li of the bottle, a looking' plate pivoted between said side portions, a. ldownwardly appended flange at one end of said lockingi plate and suitable means for automatically locking said plate in a predetermined position at its opposite end.

2. A holder and automatic look `for milk bottles Comprising an open bottomed boxshaped holding device, inwardly disposed. flanges forming` integral parts olf the sides of said box, a jeentrally pivoted look plate appended Within 4said box, a downwardly disposed flange on one end of said plate, a

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momma plate.

o. A. holder and automatic lock 'foi' milliliottles comprising a box-shaped ie ;eptacle integrally foi-ined, ti'anges forming the bot-- toni otsaid receptacle adapted to constituteL u run-Way for the bottle neck, a pivoted look plate operating within said receptacle, a downwardly disposed flange on one end of said plate and suitable locking means at the other end thereof, substantially as specified.

4l. A. holder and alitomatic lock for niilll bottles comprising a top plate and integral side plates, intuined ilanges on the lower edges of said side plates s itabiy placed to i-eeeive the bottle neck between said flanges, a pivoted spi-ingaotuated look plate cipeiatu ing between said side plates, a downwardly disposed iiange on one end of said loclplate,

a downwardly appended lock leaf hinged to said top plate and a spring actuated locking lplunger attaoliedfto the end of the said lock nlate adjacent to the sad'lock leaf and adapted to operate in an aperture provided in said leaf, substantially 'as specified. A

5. A. holder and automatic lock for milk bottles comprising; a holden formed with a top portion and sideo'ftons, inwardly dis-l posed' Vlilanges on said side portions, an inelosingportion secured to said side portions will and to said top portion at one end thereof,-

a spiino actuated plate operating within the holder 'olmed by said side and top portions, a downwardly disposed flange on one end of said plate, a looking device on the opposite end of said plate and a downwardly append-A ed locking leaf attached to said top portion, substantially as sneeiilied.

ln testimony that ll claim the foregoing as my own invention l hereunto subscribe my naine in the presence of two Witnesses.

ROBERT GRAHABL COYNEH. Witnesses: ARTHUR T. FLETCHER, Mitoane Emmen. 

